Arthur sat at the desk in his room, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “I don’t know what to write about,” he complained to his dog Toby, who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends, yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.

By bedtime Arthur had drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He had also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday. But he had not written a single word of his story.

On Wednesday, Mrs. Solomon, Arthur’s English teacher, asked the class to turn in the first draft of their stories. His heart sinking, Arthur turned in the only work he had—the page with his name, the drawings and the note.

Arthur wasn’t surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. “This is an attractive story, Arthur. The dog, the movie, the tree in the wind—I can’t wait to find out how they all fit together.”

“That isn’t my story, Mrs. Solomon,” Arthur admitted. “I haven’t been able to think of one yet.”

“Oh, I think you have the seed(種子of a story there,” Mrs. Solomon replied, “Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you.”

That night Arthur sat at his desk, and this is what he wrote: “One Saturday Mike went downstairs to meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain, so Mike carried his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in, bending the trees. The noise of the wind sounded like the barking of Mike’s dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike realized that it wasn’t the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was filled with blame. Mike felt guilty because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain started to pour down.”

Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did was to write his name proudly at the top of the page.

1.Why did Arthur turn in the page with only his name, the drawings and the note at first?

A.Because he had no time to fit them together.

B.Because he had difficulty in writing a story.

C.Because he wasn’t willing to do his homework.

D.Because he wanted to show his talent for drawing.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A.Toby is an imaginative and lovely dog.

B.The small tree will grow into a big one.

C.His friend Lee can give him a lot of support.

D.He can develop his story based on the first draft.

3.What kind of teacher do you think Mrs. Solomon is ?

A. She is a strict teacher                     B. She is a wise teacher

C. She is an honest teacher                   D. She is an energetic teacher

4.What can we infer(推斷from the story?

A. Arthur is a shy and quiet student

B. Arthur isn’t very satisfied with his story

C. There will be a storm on Saturday

D. Encouragement is important in teaching

任務型閱讀 （共10小題，每小題1分，計10分）

Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.

A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.

American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.

The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.

Title:      1.     in an American High School

根據句意和漢語提示寫出單詞，完成句子。每空一詞。

1.I plan to go on a trip in _______________ (七月).

2.After the whole day’s voluntary work, I felt fine ____________(除之外) for being a little tired.

3.The show I’m a singer helps audience rediscover many good _____________(嗓音).

4.To keep fit, we should have more vegetables and fruit _____________(代替) of too much meat.

5.The world is _______(充滿) of chances, and we must make a quick decision when we meet one.

根據句意用所給單詞的適當形式填空。每空一詞。

1.World Environment Day is on the _________________(five) of June.

2.What a ____________(sun) day! Let’s go hiking.

3.China became the second _____________(large) movie market in the world, behind the US.

4.We often ask _____________(us) how we can do more for our country.

5.What do you think is the greatest ______________(invent) of the twentieth century?

根據句意，用所給動詞的適當形式填空。

1.Lost in Thailand is a Chinese comedy______________(direct) by Xu Zheng.

2.—Is your father at home?

—No, I’m afraid he ____________(go) out.

3.Have you heard that some people ______________(send) to Mars in a few years?

4.This story tells us a lesson—the early bird _____________(catch) the worm.

5.Guo Chuan is the first Chinese ______________(realize) the dream of sailing around the world.

根據短文內容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞，使短文意思完整。

My family went to a restaurant for dinner one night. When we were walking to the restaurant from our car, a girl about my age and her mother c     1.     towards us. They asked if we had any m     2.      .My mom asked where they were l    3.     . The girl said there were six of them staying in an o    4.     black car. My mom gave them a few dollars. Then she sent me inside the restaurant w    5.     my dad and my three sisters. H    6.    ,my mom didn’t come. Later, I found out that she had gone h    7.     and put all the food in our cupboard into a few bags. Then she brought that food over to the car and gave the bags to the poor f   8.    . I wasn’t there when that part happened, yet I can i     9.    the joy on their faces. After painting this picture in my mind, I understood w    10.    my mom had done what she did that night. I will never forget this lesson in kindness from my mom.

根據所給提示完成下列句子。

1.讓我們盡最大的努力來幫助貧困地區(qū)的孩子們。

Let’s __________________________________________ the children in poor areas.

2.你去過鹽城科技博物館多少次了？

_________________________________ Yancheng Science and Technology Museum?

3.要想更好地了解世界，我們有必要學好英語。

It is necessary______________________________ to know more about the world.

4.鐘晶醫(yī)生做著如此重要的工作，村民很感激她。

Doctor Zhong Jing is doing ____________________________ the villagers are grateful to her.

5.這部紀錄片幫助人們近距離觀察野生動物的生活。

This documentary helps people__________________________________.

假設你是江華，下周一你所在班級將舉行英語課外閱讀交流會。請根據以下提示，用英語寫一篇短文，向同學們介紹 The Famous Rabbit-Tortoise Race 這一故事。

要求：

文章必須包含所提供的主要信息，并適當發(fā)揮；

文中不得出現真實的人名和校名；

詞數：90詞左右（開頭已寫好，不計入總詞數）。

We all know that the rabbit lost the first race against the tortoise.

Hurry up，or we’ll be late．

Take your time—it’s just ______short distance from here to ________cinema．

A．／；the       B．the；a      C．a；the            D．／；a

Sandy is a real book lover and she often brings home many books to read the library．

A．in            B．for         C．by               D．from